Houston Area Law Librarians

There is still time to register for the 2024 Diversity Summit, A New DEI?: Roadblocks and Pipelines. This is a virtual summit presented by the Private Law Librarians and Information Professionals SIS DEI Committee in partnership with the Black Law Librarians SIS of the American Association of Law Libraries.

Date: Friday, March 1, 2024

Time: 9AM-1PM PST
10AM-2PM MST
11AM-3PM CST
12PM-4PM EST

Venue: Virtual

Register here: https://pllipdiversitysummit.wordpress.com/registration-2/

We had a strong HALL presence at the American Association of Law Libraries conference in Denver this week! Thanks to everyone who attended, and especial thanks to AALL for making possible the Chapter Leadership training on Saturday, July 16, which was attended by HALL President, Rachel Lyles, and Vice-President, David Baker. Looking forward to Boston in 2023!

ICYMI: Recruiting Post-Pandemic by Kim Serna (Jones Day)

Recruiting Post-Pandemic The Great Resignation or The Hiring Debacle Call it what you will, but recruiting post pandemic is not for the faint of heart. We appear to be in an era of so many positions with too little applica…

ICYMI: SWALL/HALL Annual Meeting Program Review – From a Government Librarian’s Perspective by Amanda Hildebrand (Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library).

SWALL/HALL Annual Meeting Program Review – From a Government Librarian’s Perspective By Amanda Hildebrand, Assistant Law Librarian, Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library This year’s SWALL/HALL Joint Annual Meeting, April 14-16, was a hybrid event, with programs held in-per…

HALLmarks Blog: Planning a Conference for the First Time – SWALL/HALL Annual Meeting Sugar Land 2022, by Andrew Bennett, Law Librarian/Manager, Fort Bend County Willie Melton Law Library

Planning a Conference for the First Time – SWALL/HALL Annual Meeting Sugar Land 2022 By Andrew Bennett, Law Librarian/Manager, Fort Bend County Willie Melton Law Library So if the title doesn’t clue you in, I’ve never planned a conference before. I’ve never even taken part in a com…

Take us out to the ballgame!

SWALL/HALL social at the Sugar Land Space Cowboys baseball game tonight!

SWALL/HALL Joint Meeting: Setting up for the keynote lunch!

Congratulations to HALL President Sabrina Davis on being elected as the incoming Chair of the AALL Council of Chapter Presidents. Learn more about the Council here: https://www.aallnet.org/community/chapters/chapter-leadership-toolkit/council-of-chapter-presidents/

HALLmarks Blog: Register Now for the 2022 SWALL/HALL Joint Annual Meeting

Register Now for the 2022 SWALL/HALL Joint Annual Meeting Registration is open and the program schedule is set! Please join HALL & SWALL in mid-April for their joint 2022 annual meeting and conference. We are heading to Infinity & Beyond to explor…

Reminder to AALL members: This is the first in a two-part series about creating an inclusive workplace. The focus of this part is cultural diversity; the focus of the second part (March 17) will be invisible disabilities. HALL President Sabrina Davis will moderate both of these presentations.

Register for Wednesday's Part 1 here: https://www.aallnet.org/forms/meeting/MeetingFormPublic/view?id=7ABB30000019E

AALL Members - This is the first in a two-part series about creating an inclusive workplace. The focus of this part is cultural diversity; the focus of the second part (in March) will be invisible disabilities. HALL President Sabrina Davis will moderate both of these presentations.

Register for the joint AALL CPE & PEGA-SIS webinar "Live Interview Series: So, You Wanna Create an Inclusive Workplace? Part 1: Cultural Diversity,” Wednesday, February 23. Explore how managers, supervisors, and employees can make the workplace more welcoming for all. http://ow.ly/aRHg30s8AKY